Burkina Faso - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Burkina Faso was 1,469,250,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,469,250,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 242,778,000,000 in 2002.

Definition: Tax revenue refers to compulsory transfers to the central government for public purposes. Certain compulsory transfers such as fines, penalties, and most social security contributions are excluded. Refunds and corrections of erroneously collected tax revenue are treated as negative revenue.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
2002 242,778,000,000
2003 271,103,000,000
2004 324,604,000,000
2005 338,646,000,000
2006 368,680,000,000
2007 411,682,000,000
2008 444,671,000,000
2009 494,579,000,000
2010 565,750,000,000
2011 695,634,000,000
2012 890,778,000,000
2013 992,610,000,000
2014 940,682,000,000
2015 928,991,000,000
2016 1,075,300,000,000
2017 1,250,050,000,000
2018 1,349,720,000,000
2019 1,469,250,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Burkina Faso was 15.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 15.50 in 2019, while its lowest value was 9.66 in 2002.

Definition: Tax revenue refers to compulsory transfers to the central government for public purposes. Certain compulsory transfers such as fines, penalties, and most social security contributions are excluded. Refunds and corrections of erroneously collected tax revenue are treated as negative revenue.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
2002 9.66
2003 9.86
2004 11.29
2005 10.45
2006 10.78
2007 11.28
2008 10.55
2009 11.13
2010 11.31
2011 12.22
2012 13.89
2013 14.95
2014 13.66
2015 13.28
2016 14.14
2017 15.26
2018 15.29
2019 15.50

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance